Speakers on floor?

Getting the tilt angle the same is critical.

I agree with Kal. I have tried many of the tweaks advocated by Mapleshade, and my experience has been less than positive.

I have tried may different speakers on the floor, albeit with thick cutting boards underneath and not Mapleshade products. No good for me. I would have to say the same thing about their advice regarding speaker and seating positioning. Me no like.

Maybe these guys have better ears than I do, or are using wildly different gear than I have, or I've just been doing it wrong all these years.

12-20-10: Onhwy61 wrote:
The concept is well grounded in theory. It greatly reduces the floor bounce cancellation effect. You may or may not like the resulting sound.

Nope. It changes the frequencies that are most affected by floor bounce and/or SBIR but it does not minimize the influence unless you have a favorite frequency.

Kal

I suppose one could argue that regardless of the effect, the speakers were developed and voiced for traditional floor stands?

Artmaltman, Or a book shelf close to the wall which happens to be a room boundary and room boudaries support low frequencies. Except most folks pull the speakers a few feet into the room distancing the speaker from all room boundaries. The floor is another room boundary and could give the listen the sound they are looking for while maintaining the improved imaging of placing the speakers into the room.